At this point, the Mets are just going through the motions.

On Friday night, the team slipped 20 games below .500 with a 3-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves as their nightmarish season dragged on.

One of the more consistent starters of the ragtag group, Rafael Montero, pitched well through the first four innings before hitting a wall in the fifth.

“I don’t have the faintest idea, I really don’t have an answer for you,” Mets manager Terry Collins said about Montero’s fifth inning. “He was sailing along and pitching pretty good. Probably a few too many pitches early, but the bases on balls probably as they have in the past hurt him, but we had a chance to get out of the inning. We’ve got to put some things together.”

Montero allowed a double to Ozzie Albies in the first inning, but worked around the base knock as he escaped the frame unscathed.

In the second, however, Atlanta got on the board first after David Freitas plated a run on a ground out after a pair of singles.

The third and fourth were seamless for the right-hander, but in the fifth, Montero melted down and was pulled from the game.

Freitas doubled and Ender Inciarte followed up with a single to right to knot the game up at two all. Inciarte subsequently stole second and after a walk to Albies and a wild pitch, the Braves were in business with two runners in scoring position.

Lane Adams put Atlanta out in front with a sacrifice fly and after a single to Nick Markakis, Chasen Bradford was called upon to record the final out.

Montero’s final line has him going 4 2/3 innings, allowing three runs on seven hits while striking out six and walking two. With the loss, the 26-year-old fell to 5-10 on the campaign.

That fifth inning, they kind of caught me with the double and the walks,” Montero said. “Obviously, I wouldn’t say this was my best start. I am OK with what I did in the beginning, hopefully I will keep working to get steadier.”

Bradford, Tommy Milone, Jerry Blevins and Paul Sewald combined to finish off the last 3 1/3 innings without yielding a run, but the three runs Montero allowed would prove to be the deciding blow.

Asdrubal Cabrera went 3-for-3 out of the three hole, while Kevin Plawecki picked up two hits in the cleanup spot. Dominic Smith drove in a run and had a couple nice trips to the plate out of the five spot.